“I am totally opposed and deeply offended by Karl Rove’s comments about Secretary Clinton,” the former House speaker and 2012 presidential candidate posted during a Q & A on his Facebook page. “I have many policy disagreements with Hillary[,] but this kind of personal charge is exactly whats wrong with [A]merican politics.”

“I was angry when people did this to Reagan in 1980 and I am angry when they do it to her today,” Gingrich said.

Rove faced backlash after remarks he made last week at a conference made news Monday. Rove reportedly questioned whether Clinton actually suffered brain injury at the time of a blood clot she suffered in 2012. He has since aimed to clarify his comments, saying that he never said she suffered brain damage, only that Clinton went through a “serious health episode.”

Gingrich’s comments came after a Huffington Post reporter posted the question to his Facebook Q & A.

On CNN, Gingrich further ripped Rove and GOP consultants as whole, which he said are typified in Rove’s comments.

“This is an absurdity and it typifies the Republican consulting class, which wants to be negative, narrow, personal, avoid ideas, and not have to wrestle with the big issues,” he said on “Crossfire.”

He added, “To bring up that kind of thing and suggest that kind of thing is what keeps a lot of decent people from getting in public life, because it ain’t worth the pain of that kind of attack.”